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Virtual Private Networks or VPNs for short are used today for many reasons but all of them fall under the same general umbrella securely connecting an individual client often a PC to a larger server a provider now in the past these types of connections were mostly used in business settings when a large employer wishes to allow employees access to a secured internal network over the Internet while working from home or in the field but it's becoming more and more common now to see them used by even small businesses or even individuals who for a range of reasons wish to keep their activities online secure and private reasons that range from the completely understandable to the legally and or morally gray to the downright paranoid and delusional now the first step of the security process for a VPN involves creating a tunnel protocol which acts as well a tunnel or conduit for the information packets being transferred to pass through it creates a security layer which instantly terminates the connection whenever it detects an intrusion and then reconnects the client back to the server using a different route avoiding the compromised point points or the entire previous route altogether the next time around some services even utilize highly specified routes which they consider to be lower risk than other ones usually based on some sort of internally established metrics or a working partnership with the operator now inside this protective hard chocolate tunnel is where the gooey caramel and nougat Center or data can be found this data is also encrypted as one might expect but on top of this further efforts are made to ensure that the contents of one's email don't become public Sonne anyone mmm beyond standard encryption nonlinear transfer methods such as utilizing multiple routes for the traffic or the introduction of dummy code into the information packet prevents prying eyes from seeing anything but a small garbled slice of the overall pie so to summarize the way a VPN security works I'll turn this into a classic analogy it's like a taco inside a taco within a taco bell that is inside a KFC within a mall brainy okay then - if data transfers happen in basically the same way that all other internet traffic does while offering a tremendously higher level of personal protection and the ability to access secure networks from abroad then there's no downside right let's just use them all the time well actually basically yeah VPNs are super cool but come on man these videos are pretty much a formula at this point you know the other shoe is going to drop although some VPN companies have made utilizing their service as easy as double-clicking the correct icon and beginning to surf and they're getting more affordable than ever some pages and services might not work correctly over a VPN and content loading performance can be affected as well since encryption efforts coupled with what can be considered less direct routes can lead to a slower overall experience in many cases though this can be solved quite easily by keeping another stock web browser installed on your computer for non mission-critical use and it's also worth noting that many VPN users actually report faster speeds on certain popular sites such as YouTube at peak times presumably because their traffic is avoiding some of the congestion seen along the other traditional routes there are some other less easily address problems too though in buildings with shoddy wiring packet loss can look like the network is compromised causing the connection to be continually dropped and re-established and another is the widely reported one where the NSA in the United States has actually been known to flag accounts for using keywords related to accessing these services meaning that seeking out extra security could potentially open one up to intrusion speaking of intrusion Dollar Shave Club you know the guys that walk past you while you poop kick the door open to your stall while you poop and bother you while your nugget mining in poop well they're today's episode sponsor they offer affordable and high quality bathroom supplies razor handles razor blades butt wipes for men shaving butter aftershave you name it as long as what your name is one of the things I just mentioned and they'll ship that stuff to your door once a month so you don't have to leave your house to be as well groomed as your friends who do save time and save money today by joining up at dollarshaveclub.com Linus thanks to Dollar Shave Club for sponsoring this episode thanks to you guys for watching like this video if you liked it dislike it if you thought it sucked leave a comment if you have suggestions for future fast as possible episodes just like this one and a shout out to another new writer who wrote today's episode I did make some tweaks but yeah I let us know what you think of new writer number 2 oh and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already